A Case Study on Climate Change Response and Adaptation: Fictional Aysese Islands in the South Pacific

Amy Cannon; Peter Lalor; Shobha Sriharan; Chunlei Fan; Gulnihal Ozbay

doi:10.4236/ajcc.2014.35040

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A Case Study on Climate Change Response and Adaptation: Fictional Aysese Islands in the South Pacific

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A Case Study on Climate Change Response and Adaptation: Fictional Aysese Islands in the South Pacific

Amy Cannon, Peter Lalor, Shobha Sriharan, Chunlei Fan and Gulnihal Ozbay

American Journal of Climate Change, Vol.3, pp.455-473

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/ajcc.2014.35040

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Abstract

Environmental Science and Management

climate change

case study

water supply

coastal zone erosion

tropical cyclones

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), established by the United Nations and World Meteorological Organization, has determined that humans have very likely influenced a net warming to the Earth from the increase of greenhouse gases, aerosols and land use changes. This warming has caused the amount of ice on the Earth to continue to decrease and sea levels to rise. In addition, extreme precipitation events are happening more often in selected regions of the world. A case study that assesses the impacts of, and adaptations to, these changes in climate is presented here. Two modeling programs, Sim CLIM and Train CLIM, (CLIM Systems, Hamilton, New Zealand) were used to support assessments for water supply, coastal zones and tropical cyclones in a fictitious island group in the South Pacific region. In the case study, a consulting group was "hired" to carry out these assessments. A final analysis and synthesis report were created to help the Ministry of the Environment of the made-up nation decide how to improve the governmental actions to address the real concerns posed by changing climate and sea level. Although a simulated island group is used in this article, there are sincere concerns about climate change and extreme weather events in this part of the world. It is important to address the real and dangerous threat that these islands and people face in the wake of a changing climate and a growing global society.

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Title: A Case Study on Climate Change Response and Adaptation: Fictional Aysese Islands in the South Pacific
Authors: Amy Cannon (Author) - Delaware State University, United States
Peter Lalor (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Shobha Sriharan (Author) - Virginia State University, United States
Chunlei Fan (Author) - Morgan State University, United States
Gulnihal Ozbay (Author) - Delaware State University, United States
Publication details: American Journal of Climate Change, Vol.3, pp.455-473
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.4236/ajcc.2014.35040
ISSN: 2167-9495
Copyright note: Copyright © 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449956202621
Output Type: Journal article

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